Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Athos

I, ?????????, Master of the SS Athos, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Kingston from which Port the said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, the destination or location intended by each; and that the List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates, and cause of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger, as to a projected sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) ????????. Sworn to this 25th June 1884, before me. (signed) ????????.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board SS Athos whereof (-- blank --) is Master, from Kingston, burthen 1214 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage and whether a transient, in transit or intending a protracted sojourn. Since every passenger was berthed in Cabins and only one passenger died during the voyage, these two columns were omitted in this transcription.

    
   
  1  Captain Wyndam      24  Male     Captain     England     London       3   Transient
  2* Rev. ?. ?indo       31  Male     Clergy      Jamaica     New York     4   Transient
  3* Mr. C. Murry        51  Male     Clergy      Jamaica     Canada       2   Transient
  4* Mr. Vin??nt         37  Male     Merchant    U.S.A.      New York     2   Prot. Soj.
  5  Mr. Shaw            28  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     New York     1   Prot. Soj.
  6* Mr. Dup???y         22  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     New York     2   Prot. Soj.
  7* Mr. Murry           17  Male     Nil         Jamaica     Canada       ?   Prot. Soj.
  8* Mr. Coyle           23  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     New York     2   Prot. Soj.
  9* Mr. Shanick         32  Male     Merchant    Germany     Germany      2   Prot. Soj.
 10  Mr. Martin          30  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     England      5   Prot. Soj.
 11  Mrs. Martin         26  Female               Jamaica     England          Prot. Soj.
 12  Miss Midnight       20  Female               Jamaica     England      3   Prot. Soj.
 13  Dr. Wegg            45  Male     Dr.         Jamaica     New York     2   Prot. Soj.
 14* Mrs. Milan          30  Female               Jamaica     New York     3   Prot. Soj.
 15* Master Milan         7  Male                 Jamaica     New York         Prot. Soj.
 16* Master Milan         ?  Male                 Jamaica     New York         Transient
 17* Miss Millan          2  Female               Jamaica     New York         Transient                
 18* Miss Bum            26  Female   Servant     Jamaica     New York         Transient                
 19  Mr. Barbancourt     43  Male     Merchant    Hayti       Havre        9   Transient
 20* Mr. De??y           17  Male     Merchant    Hayti       New York     2   Transient
 21* Mr. Gerdos          32  Male     Merchant    Hayti       Hamburg      3   Transient 
 22  Mrs. Roe            26  Female               England     England     12   Transient
 23  Miss Dewhurst       37  Female               U.S.A.      U.S.A.       4   Transient
 24  Mr. Wymann          33  Male     Merchant    France      New York     2   Transient
 25* Dr. Mosse           27  Male     Dr.         Jamaica     Canada       5   Transient
 26* Mrs. Mann???        30  Female               Jamaica     Canada       5   Transient
 27  Mr. Stevens         43  Male     Mariner     England     New York     2   Transient
 28  Mr. McKay           30  Male     Mariner     England     New York     4   Transient        
 29  Mrs. McKay          24  Female               U.S.A.      New York         Transient
 30  Mr. Rutledge        29  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     New York     3   Transient
 31* Mr. Place           49  Male     Carpenter   U.S.A.      New York     2   Transient
 32  Mr. Painson         42  Male     Merchant    Hayti       Havre        3   Transient   
 33  Mr. Bonham          44  Male     Merchant    Jamaica     U.S.A.       8   Transient     
 34  Mr. Griffiths       33  Male     Merchant    Wales       U.S.A.       3   Transient  
 
 
Transcriber's Notes:
  
  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  The recorder of the manifest wrote a brace to include passengers traveling together 
  and entered a single number for their total number of pieces of baggage.  The 
  transcribers have placed the number of pieces of baggage along side the first person 
  in the group.


  2  Middle initial and first letter of surname might be "L" for surname "Lindo".
  3  Destination was entered as "Ontario, Canada".
  4  Surname is possibily "Vincent" or "Vinernt".
  6  First letters of surname are clearly "Dup" followed by three or four letters 
     which are faint and poorly written, followed by the last letter "y". Surname
     is possibly but not certainly "Duperly".
  7  Destination was entered as "Ontario, Canada".  Entry in the column for number of
     pieces of baggage appears to be "Nil".
  8  Surname is possibly "Coyle", "Cogle" or "Eagle".
  9  Surname appears to be either "Shanick" or "Shaneck".
 14-17  Surname is either "Milan", "Melan", "Mellan or "Millan".
 16  The manifest has suffered damage in the area of passenger's Age and it is not
     visible.
 18  Surname is possibly either "Bum", "Burn" or "Burns".
 20  Surname maybe Deluy or Debey.
 21  Surname is possibly "Gerdos", "Gerdo", "Gerdes" or "Gordon".
 25  Destination was entered as "Ontario, Canada".       
 26  Surname is possibly "Manneso", "Manneco" or "Manners". Destination was 
     entered as "Ontario, Canada".
 31  There is a recorded notation that this passenger died June 20, 1884 due to 
     Bright's Disease of the kidney.
      

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 478, List 780.

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